Kill and Stick

Kill

Kill verb - To cause to stop functioning.

Usage example: kill the engine before it overheats

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Stick and kill are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stick" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

Stick verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.

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Kill and stick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Stick".

Nearby Words: sticker, sticky, sticking, stickily

good	good kill	good stick
long	long kill	long stick
certain	certain kill	certain stick
original	original kill	original stick
Other adjectives: single, powerful, actual, big, crazy, random, last, literal, didn't.

To specify, they are both extremely hard to actually kill rather than weaken, and, once you do actually kill them, it doesn't stick.

Source: Fighting a Shadow
Robot Santa proclaimed his intention to kill the entire Planet Express team ... except Zoidberg, who hadn't been naughty and got a pogo stick instead.

Source: You Will Be Spared
The Bloody-Nine had told him once - if you mean to kill, you kill, you don't talk about it - and it was advice he'd always tried to stick to.

Source: Literature / Best Served Cold

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